Saturday, April 3, 2010
Masonic Lodge of San Mateo
Doors Open 6:45 p.m.
Dance Lesson: 7:00 p.m.
Dancing Begins: 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by
March 27)
At the door: $20.00
Advance tickets may be ordered by sending a
check or money order to:
PEERS
2144 B Buena Vista Ave
Alameda CA 94501
You may also purchase tickets until March 27 with a credit card using the PayPal system:
Aeronauts, submariners, aetherial explorers, and gentlemen and lady adventurers of all type are invited to join the intrepid members of The Legion Fantastique for a celebration in honour of the memory of their founder and inspiration, M. Jules Verne!
Dance and celebrate at a Victorian/Edwardian
Steampunk ball set in an
alternate
universe in which the Victorians have already invented computers
(Analytical
engines), laptops (portable difference engines), efficient software
(the
versatile and elegant ADA), cell phones (portable communication
devices),
submarines, air travel, and even space flight.
Guests are invited to dress in either conventional
Victorian or Edwardian evening dress or Steampunk
attire, complete with goggles and gadgets. (Note: Costumes, as always,
are
admired, not required, at PEERS balls, and modern evening dress is a
perfectly
acceptable substitute for period costume).
But rest assured: The music at the Legion’s ball
will be
popular Victorian ballroom dance music. Bangers & Mash,
the most
charming
and dance-friendly band in the known Solar System, plays waltzes,
polkas,
schottisches, mazurka waltzes and such popular hits as the Congress of
Vienna
Waltz, the Bohemian National Polka, and Lancers’ Quadrille. As usual,
there
will be a pre-ball Victorian dance class and all set dances will be
briefly
taught or called at the ball.
There will also be a no-host (cash) bar and a light snack buffet will be served. As usual, the Legion appreciates your potluck contributions to the buffet.
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